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100
Zeus's most famous symbol, also his primary weapon.

Lightning bolts

100

This child of Zeus sprung from his head.

Athena

100

Zeus transformed into a white bull to abduct this Phoenician princess, who bore him King Minos (hint: sounds like a continent)

Europa

100

What is Zeus's position in the hierarchy on Olympus?

King of the gods

100

Who is Zeus's wife?

Hera

200

What is Zeus the god of?

The sky, thunder, lightning, weather, kingship

200

This child of Zeus was crippled upon being thrown from Olympus by its mother after being deemed ugly. (In one version)

Hephaestus

200

Zeus approached this woman in the form of a swan

Leda

200

Who were Zeus's parents?

Kronos and Rhea

200

How did Zeus and his brothers choose their domains?

They drew lots

300

The bird associated with Zeus

Eagle

300

This demigod child of Zeus shares a name with the protagonist of a 2005 teen novel.

Perseus

300

Zeus turned this woman into a white heifer when Hera became suspicious

Io

300

Name Zeus's five siblings

Hera, Demeter, Hestia, Poseidon, and Hades

300

Zeus's Roman equivalent

Jupiter

400

Famous event in honor of Zeus, which started in Greece but is now a global event.

The Olympic Games

400

This semi-divine child of Zeus's name means "glory of Hera."

Heracles

400

Zeus's affair with this woman produced the god Dionysus

Semele
400

Zeus was also the enforcer of _____, also known as xenia.

Hospitality/guest-friendship

400

Who was Zeus's first wife?

Metis

500

Who made Zeus's thunderbolts?

The Cyclopes

500

Name the four children that the mortal Leda gave birth to. Specify which two were semi-divine with Zeus as a father, and which two were mortal and Tyndareus's children.

Divine: Helen and Polydeuces/Pollux

Mortal: Clytemnestra and Castor

500

This Trojan prince became the cupbearer of Olympus when Zeus abducted him

Ganymede

500

Who did Zeus recruit to win the Titanomachy? (2 answers, excluding his siblings)

The hecatoncheires and the cyclopes

500

Who was known as the only being Zeus feared?

Nyx